newbie from OZ

[chappo555]

Gudday to all.

New to the forum. From the middle of nowhere in the land of Australia. I am a Highway Patrol Officer with 16yrs in.

Look forward to chatting with you all.

Hope your all having a good new year so far. Be safe and remember a Smith and Wesson beats four aces.

chappo555

[bdunndchi]

Welcome to the forum. So how busy is a shift for an Australian HWP officer?

[rugbyman]

Welcome and kia ora from the mainland chappo.

[chappo555]

How busy is a shift?

How long is a piece of string??.

Depends on if its day or night shift, weekend, public holiday, moon phasings and how many morons consume alcohol that day.

Generally its not too bad though. My last week was 5am starts, 11.5hr shifts for 7 days. Got about 45 tickets and about 5 arrests, mostly for PCA (Prescribed Concentration of Alcohol) (I think you guys call it DWI), and a 15yr old car thief.

Mate in all honesty its the best section in the COPS over here. I get $100,000 car and equipment, free fuel and tyres, and they give me 28 thousand square kms to go and play in. All I have to do is drive around and see how many idiots i can find. Check out the bottom right picture of my avatar to see how 'hard' I have it.

Hope Indiana is treating you well.

cheers
chappo555